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	<title>Comments on: FriendFeed: Nothing Special with a Big Name Ancestor</title>
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		<title>By: Toluu and Twubble: Forget Searching and Look for Suggestions - Profy.Com</title>
		<link>http://profy.com/2008/02/17/friendfeed/#comment-443301</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Posted by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on April 5th, 2008   With all the social media tools out there, the second most time-consuming activity after actually reading everyone you are following is figuring out who you should be reading. Most Twitter users and blog readers spend a significant amount of time trying to find the most relevant information. Aggregators like FriendFeed (our coverage) and Socialthing (our coverage ) can help, but two suggestion engines have emerged recently to help you. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Posted by Cyndy Aleo-Carreira on April 5th, 2008   With all the social media tools out there, the second most time-consuming activity after actually reading everyone you are following is figuring out who you should be reading. Most Twitter users and blog readers spend a significant amount of time trying to find the most relevant information. Aggregators like FriendFeed (our coverage) and Socialthing (our coverage ) can help, but two suggestion engines have emerged recently to help you. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Tony Ruscoe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tony Ruscoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I've never used any of the other services you're talking about, so I can't comment on them. But I know that FriendFeed does exactly what I need it to do, so why would I need to go looking elsewhere? (Sure, FriendFeed could probably do with a search feature one day but I've not needed that yet -- and I'm subscribed to 22 people.) I guess the Facebook application &lt;i&gt;could&lt;/i&gt; cause problems for some people but it doesn't cause any problem for me. And the interface is minimal but I personally prefer that. I guess I prefer to live in 1995 rather than 2015. Heh... ;-)

I've actually just had a look at Dandelife and was initially confused by words like "Life" "Streams" and "World" which meant nothing to me. I'm sure it's a good service but, like I said, I have no reason to switch. Yet. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though.

You asked me to tell you "what FriendFeed does that other aggregators aren’t already doing with a much nicer interface and other, less intrusive means of sharing." I can't answer that but I'll remind you that (i) you don't need to be the first to do something to be the best and (ii) one person's heaven is another person's hell.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve never used any of the other services you&#8217;re talking about, so I can&#8217;t comment on them. But I know that FriendFeed does exactly what I need it to do, so why would I need to go looking elsewhere? (Sure, FriendFeed could probably do with a search feature one day but I&#8217;ve not needed that yet &#8212; and I&#8217;m subscribed to 22 people.) I guess the Facebook application <i>could</i> cause problems for some people but it doesn&#8217;t cause any problem for me. And the interface is minimal but I personally prefer that. I guess I prefer to live in 1995 rather than 2015. Heh&#8230; <img src='http://profy.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>I&#8217;ve actually just had a look at Dandelife and was initially confused by words like &#8220;Life&#8221; &#8220;Streams&#8221; and &#8220;World&#8221; which meant nothing to me. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s a good service but, like I said, I have no reason to switch. Yet. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though.</p>
<p>You asked me to tell you &#8220;what FriendFeed does that other aggregators aren’t already doing with a much nicer interface and other, less intrusive means of sharing.&#8221; I can&#8217;t answer that but I&#8217;ll remind you that (i) you don&#8217;t need to be the first to do something to be the best and (ii) one person&#8217;s heaven is another person&#8217;s hell.</p>
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		<title>By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira</title>
		<link>http://profy.com/2008/02/17/friendfeed/#comment-294851</link>
		<dc:creator>Cyndy Aleo-Carreira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tony, then tell me what FriendFeed does that other aggregators aren't already doing with a  much nicer interface and other, less intrusive means of sharing. I didn't say having an aggregator was a bad thing; in fact I use one regularly (Dandelife). I was saying that FriendFeed isn't doing anything new or innovative, that the interface was so barebones as to look circa 1995, and that the Facebook app was annoying.

Using FriendFeed as an example; this is the main reason why I'm so hopeful about a true Semantic Web. Friend Feed just dumps at me, with no friendly way in place to sort through the information. The same is true of Spokeo. Take, for instance, the day that I switched over from del.icio.us to Ma.gnolia. Every single one of my bookmarks imported hit my feed in an aggregator. Every last one. Can you IMAGINE the mess of that hitting someone's Facebook? Again using Dandelife as an example, I get a list via email at the end of the day broken down by person. I can quickly scan it to see what's relevant, and if a mass changeover takes place like the one I described, it's obvious, and I can skip right over it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tony, then tell me what FriendFeed does that other aggregators aren&#8217;t already doing with a  much nicer interface and other, less intrusive means of sharing. I didn&#8217;t say having an aggregator was a bad thing; in fact I use one regularly (Dandelife). I was saying that FriendFeed isn&#8217;t doing anything new or innovative, that the interface was so barebones as to look circa 1995, and that the Facebook app was annoying.</p>
<p>Using FriendFeed as an example; this is the main reason why I&#8217;m so hopeful about a true Semantic Web. Friend Feed just dumps at me, with no friendly way in place to sort through the information. The same is true of Spokeo. Take, for instance, the day that I switched over from del.icio.us to Ma.gnolia. Every single one of my bookmarks imported hit my feed in an aggregator. Every last one. Can you IMAGINE the mess of that hitting someone&#8217;s Facebook? Again using Dandelife as an example, I get a list via email at the end of the day broken down by person. I can quickly scan it to see what&#8217;s relevant, and if a mass changeover takes place like the one I described, it&#8217;s obvious, and I can skip right over it.</p>
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		<title>By: Tony Ruscoe</title>
		<link>http://profy.com/2008/02/17/friendfeed/#comment-294821</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony Ruscoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>But if my friends what to subscribe to &lt;b&gt;me&lt;/b&gt; then FriendFeed is brilliant. If I decide to start a new blog or start using Twitter or another service, they'll automatically see whatever I post or share. On the other hand, if they wanted to just subscribe to my blog, they can do that elsewhere (or setup an "Imaginary Friend" on FriendFeed if they want to subscribe to other people but keep everything in one place).

You could theoretically use FriendFeed as your central place for sharing links and then automatically import those items into Facebook using the "import feed" option for notes, since they also allow comments, without installing the FriendFeed application. And that would also mean that your non-Facebook loving friends would still be able to subscribe to your shared items if they wanted to (since Facebook doesn't have a feed for notes or posted items).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>But if my friends what to subscribe to <b>me</b> then FriendFeed is brilliant. If I decide to start a new blog or start using Twitter or another service, they&#8217;ll automatically see whatever I post or share. On the other hand, if they wanted to just subscribe to my blog, they can do that elsewhere (or setup an &#8220;Imaginary Friend&#8221; on FriendFeed if they want to subscribe to other people but keep everything in one place).</p>
<p>You could theoretically use FriendFeed as your central place for sharing links and then automatically import those items into Facebook using the &#8220;import feed&#8221; option for notes, since they also allow comments, without installing the FriendFeed application. And that would also mean that your non-Facebook loving friends would still be able to subscribe to your shared items if they wanted to (since Facebook doesn&#8217;t have a feed for notes or posted items).</p>
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		<title>By: Cyndy Aleo-Carreira</title>
		<link>http://profy.com/2008/02/17/friendfeed/#comment-294761</link>
		<dc:creator>Cyndy Aleo-Carreira</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess because I have this silly idea that thinks that my feeds should only be shared with my friends who are interested in them, hence desiring a subscription model rather than a broadcast model.

If I find a link that I think is something I really want to share with everyone, I use the posted items feature on Facebook itself, which also allows an exchange of ideas via the comments.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess because I have this silly idea that thinks that my feeds should only be shared with my friends who are interested in them, hence desiring a subscription model rather than a broadcast model.</p>
<p>If I find a link that I think is something I really want to share with everyone, I use the posted items feature on Facebook itself, which also allows an exchange of ideas via the comments.</p>
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		<title>By: Tony Ruscoe</title>
		<link>http://profy.com/2008/02/17/friendfeed/#comment-294471</link>
		<dc:creator>Tony Ruscoe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you find the Facebook updates really are overzealous, you can change the application options in Facebook so that nothing gets posted to your News Feed or Mini Feed (depending on whether it's your or your friends who are going crazy adding things that get posted to FriendFeed). The whole point of FriendFeed is to let your friends know what you're doing, so I'm not sure why you'd want to do this though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you find the Facebook updates really are overzealous, you can change the application options in Facebook so that nothing gets posted to your News Feed or Mini Feed (depending on whether it&#8217;s your or your friends who are going crazy adding things that get posted to FriendFeed). The whole point of FriendFeed is to let your friends know what you&#8217;re doing, so I&#8217;m not sure why you&#8217;d want to do this though.</p>
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